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John 14

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  Christ comforts his disciples with the hope of heaven;
5  professes himself the way, the truth, and the life, and one with the Father;
13  assures their prayers to be effectual;
15  requires obedience;
16  promises the Comforter;
27  and leaves his peace with them.

Verse 1

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
not
27,28, 11:33; *marg:; 12:27, 16:3,6,22,23, Job 21:4-6, 23:15,16, Psalms 42:5,6,8-11, 43:5, Psalms 77:2,3,10, Isaiah 43:1,2, Jeremiah 8:18, Lamentations 3:17-23, 2 Corinthians 2:7, 4:8-10, 2 Corinthians 12:9,10, 1 Thessalonians 3:3,4, 2 Thessalonians 2:2, Hebrews 12:12,13
ye
5:23, 6:40, 11:25-27, 12:44, 13:19, Isaiah 12:2,3, 26:3, Acts 3:15,16, Ephesians 1:12,13,15, 3:14-17, 1 Peter 1:21, 1 John 2:23,24, 5:10-12

Verse 2

In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
my
2 Corinthians 5:1, Hebrews 11:10,14-16, 13:14, Revelation 3:12,21, 21:10-27
if
12:25,26, 16:4, Luke 14:26-33, Acts 9:16, 1 Thessalonians 3:3,4, 5:9, 2 Thessalonians 1:4-10, Titus 1:2, Revelation 1:5
I go
13:33,36, 17:24, Hebrews 6:20, 9:8,23-26, 11:16, Revelation 21:2

Verse 3

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
I will
18-23,28, 12:26, 17:24, Matthew 25:32-34, Acts 1:11, 7:59,60, Romans 8:17, 2 Corinthians 5:6-8, Philippians 1:23, 1 Thessalonians 4:16,17, 2 Thessalonians 1:12, 2:1, 2 Timothy 2:12, Hebrews 9:28, 1 John 3:2,3, Revelation 3:21, 21:22,23, 22:3-5

Verse 4

And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
whither
2,28, 13:3, 16:28, Luke 24:26
and the
3:16,17,36, 6:40,68,69, 10:9, 12:26

Verse 5

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
Thomas
20:25-28
we know not
15:12, Mark 8:17,18, 9:19, Luke 24:25, Hebrews 5:11,12

Verse 6

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
I am
10:9, Isaiah 35:8,9, Matthew 11:27, Acts 4:12, Romans 5:2, Ephesians 2:18, Hebrews 7:25, Hebrews 9:8, 10:19-22, 1 Peter 1:21
the truth
1:14,17, 8:32, 15:1, 18:37, Romans 15:8,9, 2 Corinthians 1:19,20, Colossians 2:9,17, 1 John 1:8, 5:6,20, Revelation 1:5, 3:7,14, 19:11
the life
19, 1:4, 5:21,25-29, 6:33,51,57,68, 8:51, 10:28, 11:25,26, 17:2,3, Acts 3:15, Romans 5:21, 1 Corinthians 15:45, Colossians 3:4, 1 John 1:1,2, 5:11,12, Revelation 22:1,17
no
10:7,9, Acts 4:12, Romans 15:16, 1 Peter 2:4, 3:18, 1 John 2:23, 2 John 1:9, Revelation 5:8,9, Revelation 7:9-17, 13:7,8, 20:15

Verse 7

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
ye
9,10,20, 1:18, 8:19, 15:24, 16:3, 17:3,21,23, Matthew 11:27, Luke 10:22, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Colossians 1:15-17, 2:2,3, Hebrews 1:3
from
16-20, 16:13-16, 17:6,8,26

Verse 8

Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
Philip
1:43-46, 6:5-7, 12:21,22
shew
16:25, Exodus 33:18-23, 34:5-7, Job 33:26, Psalms 17:15, 63:2, Matthew 5:8, Revelation 22:3-5

Verse 9

Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Have
Mark 9:19
he
7,20, 12:45, Colossians 1:15, Philippians 2:6, Hebrews 1:3
how
Genesis 26:9, Psalms 11:1, Jeremiah 2:23, Luke 12:56, 1 Corinthians 15:12

Verse 10

Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Believest
20, 1:1-3, 10:30,38, 11:26, 17:21-23, 1 John 5:7
words
3:32-34, 5:19, 6:38-40, 7:16,28,29, 8:28,38,40, 12:49, 17:8
dwelleth
Psalms 68:16-18, 2 Corinthians 5:19, Colossians 1:19, 2:9
he
5:17, Acts 10:38

Verse 11

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
or
5:36, 10:25,32,38, 12:38-40, Matthew 11:4,5, Luke 7:21-23, Acts 2:22, Hebrews 2:4

Verse 12

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
the
Matthew 21:21, Mark 11:13, 16:17, Luke 10:17-19, Acts 3:6-8, 4:9-12,16,33, 8:7, Acts 9:34,40, 16:18, 1 Corinthians 12:10,11
greater
Acts 2:4-11,41, 4:4, 5:15, 6:7, 10:46, 19:12, Romans 15:19
because
28, 7:39, 16:7, Acts 2:33

Verse 13

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
whatsoever
15:7,16, 16:23,26, Matthew 7:7, 21:22, Mark 11:24, Luke 11:9, Ephesians 3:20, James 1:5, 5:16, 1 John 3:22, 5:14
in my
6, Ephesians 2:18, 3:12,14,21, Colossians 3:17, Hebrews 4:15, 7:25, 13:15, 1 Peter 2:5
will
14, 4:10,14, 5:19, 7:37, 10:30, 16:7, 2 Corinthians 12:8-10, Philippians 4:13
that
12:44, 13:31, 17:4,5, Philippians 2:9-11

Verse 15

If ye love me, keep my commandments.
21-24, 8:42, 15:10-14, 21:15-17, Matthew 10:37, 25:34-40, 1 Corinthians 16:22, 2 Corinthians 5:14,15, 8:8,9, Galatians 5:6, Ephesians 3:16-18, 6:24, Philippians 1:20-23, 3:7-11, 1 Peter 1:8, 1 John 2:3-5, 4:19,20, 5:2,3

Verse 16

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
I will
14, 16:26,27, 17:9-11,15,20, Romans 8:34, Hebrews 7:25, 1 John 2:1
another
18,26, 15:26, 16:7-15, Acts 9:31, 13:52, Romans 5:5, 8:15,16,26,27, 14:17, Romans 15:13, Galatians 5:22, Philippians 2:1
abide
4:14, 16:22, Matthew 28:20, Ephesians 1:13,14, Colossians 3:3,4, 2 Thessalonians 2:16

Verse 17

Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
the Spirit
15:26, 16:13, 1 John 2:27, 4:6
whom
Proverbs 14:10, 1 Corinthians 2:14, Revelation 2:17
but
16,23, Isaiah 57:15, 59:21, Ezekiel 36:27, Romans 8:9,11,13,14, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:19, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Ephesians 2:22, 3:17, 2 Timothy 1:14, 1 John 2:27, 3:24, 4:12,13
shall
Matthew 10:20, Romans 8:10, 1 Corinthians 14:15, 2 Corinthians 13:5, Galatians 4:6, Colossians 1:27, 1 John 4:4

Verse 18

I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
will not
16,27, 16:33, Psalms 23:4, Isaiah 43:1, 51:12, 66:11-13, 2 Corinthians 1:2-6, 2 Thessalonians 2:16, Hebrews 2:18
comfortless
or, orphans.
Lamentations 5:3, Hosea 14:3
will come
3,28, Psalms 101:2, Hosea 6:3, Matthew 18:20, 28:20

Verse 19

Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
a little
7:33, 8:21, 12:35, 13:33, 16:16,22
because
6, 6:56-58, 11:25, Romans 5:10, 8:34, 1 Corinthians 15:20,45, 2 Corinthians 4:10-12, Colossians 3:3,4, Hebrews 7:25, 1 John 1:1-3

Verse 20

At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
ye shall
10, 10:38, 17:7,11,21-23,26, 2 Corinthians 5:19, Colossians 1:19, 2:9
ye in
6:56, 15:5-7, Romans 8:1, 16:7, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 2 Corinthians 5:17, 12:2, 13:5, Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 2:10, Colossians 1:27, 1 John 4:12

Verse 21

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
that hath
15,23,24, 15:14, Genesis 26:3-5, Deuteronomy 10:12,13, 11:13, 30:6-8, Psalms 119:4-6, Jeremiah 31:31,33,34, Ezekiel 36:25-27, Luke 11:28, 2 Corinthians 5:14,15, James 2:23,24, 1 John 2:5, 3:18-24, 5:3, 2 John 1:6, Revelation 22:14
that loveth
23, 15:9,10, 16:27, 17:23, Psalms 35:27, Isaiah 62:2-5, Zephaniah 3:17, 2 Thessalonians 2:16, 1 John 3:1
and will
18,22,23, 16:14, Acts 18:9-11, 22:18, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 4:6, 12:8, 2 Timothy 4:17,18,22, 1 John 1:1-3, Revelation 2:17, 3:20

Verse 22

Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
Judas
Matthew 10:3
Lebbaeus, Thaddaeus
Mark 3:18
Thaddaeus
Luke 6:16, Acts 1:13, Jude 1:1
how
3:4,9, 4:11, 6:52,60, 16:17,18

Verse 23

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
If
15,21
make
17, 5:17-19, 6:56, 10:30, Genesis 1:26, 11:7, Psalms 90:1, 91:1, Isaiah 57:15, Romans 8:9-11, 1 John 2:24, 4:4,15,16, Revelation 3:20,21, 7:15-17, 21:22, 22:3

Verse 24

He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
that
15,21-23, Matthew 19:21, 25:41-46, 2 Corinthians 8:8,9, 1 John 3:16-20
and
10, 3:34, 5:19,38, 7:16,28, 8:26,28,38,42, 12:44-50

Verse 25

These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
have
29, 13:19, 15:11, 16:1-4,12, 17:6-8

Verse 26

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
the Comforter
Holy Ghost
7:39, 20:22, Psalms 51:11, Isaiah 63:10, Matthew 1:18,20, 3:11, 28:19, Mark 12:36, Mark 13:11, Luke 1:15,35,41,67, 2:25, 3:22, 11:13, Acts 1:2,8, 2:4, 5:3, Acts 7:51,55, 13:2,4, 15:8,28, 16:6, 20:28, 28:25, Romans 5:5, 14:17, Romans 15:13,16, 1 Corinthians 2:13, 6:19, 12:3, 2 Corinthians 6:6, 13:14, Ephesians 1:13, 4:30, 1 Thessalonians 1:5,6, 4:8, 2 Timothy 1:14, Titus 3:5, Hebrews 2:4, 3:7, 9:8, 10:15, 1 Peter 1:12, 2 Peter 1:21, 1 John 5:7, Jude 1:20
whom
16, 15:26, 16:7, Luke 24:49, Acts 1:4
he
6:45, 16:13,14, Psalms 25:8,9,12-14, Isaiah 54:13, Jeremiah 31:33,34, 1 Corinthians 2:10-13, Ephesians 1:17, 1 John 2:20,27, Revelation 2:11
bring
2:22, 12:16, Acts 11:16, 20:35

Verse 27

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Peace I leave
16:33, 20:19,21,26, Numbers 6:26, Psalms 29:11, 72:2,7, 85:10, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 32:15-17, 54:7-10,13, 55:12, 57:19, Zechariah 6:13, Luke 1:79, 2:14, 10:5, Acts 10:36, Romans 1:7, 5:1,10, 8:6, 15:13, 1 Corinthians 1:3, 2 Corinthians 5:18-21, Galatians 1:3, Galatians 5:22, 6:16, Ephesians 2:14-17, Philippians 4:7, Colossians 1:2,20, 3:15, 2 Thessalonians 1:2, 3:16, Hebrews 7:2, 13:20, Revelation 1:4
not
Job 34:29, Psalms 28:3, Lamentations 3:17, Daniel 4:1, 6:25
Let not
afraid
Psalms 11:1, 27:1, 56:3,11, 91:5, 112:7, Proverbs 3:25, Isaiah 12:2, 41:10,14, Jeremiah 1:8, Ezekiel 2:6, Matthew 10:26, Luke 12:4, Acts 18:9, 2 Timothy 1:7, Revelation 2:10, 21:8

Verse 28

Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
heard
3,18, 16:16-22
If
16:7, Psalms 47:5-7, 68:18,9, Luke 24:51-53, 1 Peter 1:8
I go
12, 16:16, 20:17
Father
5:18, 10:30,38, 13:16, 20:21, Isaiah 42:1, 49:5-7, 53:11, Matthew 12:18, 1 Corinthians 11:3, 15:24-28, Philippians 2:6-11, Hebrews 1:2,3, 2:9-15, 3:1-4, Revelation 1:11,17, Revelation 1:18

Verse 29

And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
13:19, 16:4-30,31, Matthew 24:24,25

Verse 30

Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
I
16:12, Luke 24:44-49, Acts 1:3
the
12:31, 16:11, Luke 22:53, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Ephesians 2:2, 6:12, Colossians 1:13, 1 John 4:4, 1 John 5:19; *Gr:; Revelation 12:9, 20:2,3,7,8
and
Luke 1:35, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Hebrews 4:15, 7:26, 1 Peter 1:19, 2:22, 1 John 3:5-8

Verse 31

But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
that the
4:34, 10:18, 12:27, 15:9, 18:11, Psalms 40:8, Matthew 26:39, Philippians 2:8, Hebrews 5:7,8, 10:5-9, 12:2,3
Arise
18:1-4, Matthew 26:46, Luke 12:50

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